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  The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption (Paperback) By (author) Simon Winchester

  

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  Short Description for The Map That Changed the WorldHidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles. This title tells his story.
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  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Published: 04 July 2002
  • Format: Paperback 352 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: General | Biography: Historical, Political & Military | History Of Science | Geology & The Lithosphere | Cartography, Map-making & Projections | British & Irish History | Historical Geography | Earth: Natural History General
  • ISBN 13: 9780140280395 ISBN 10: 0140280391
  • Sales rank: 32,905

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• Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles: he was imprisoned for debt, turned out of his home, his work was plagiarised, his wife went insane and the scientific establishment shunned him. It was not until 1829, when a Yorkshire aristocrat recognised his genius that he was returned to London in triumph. "The Map That Changed the World" is his story.